Improvement in broilers



C. N. KNA-PP.

' "IE-BOILER.

Patented May'9,1876

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PETERS PHOTO UTHOGRAPNER WASHINGTON D O In we 72 01.-

UNITED STATES.

PATENT DEFIGE.

CLARENCE N. KNAPP, OF GUYLER, NE W'YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN BROILE RS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 177,132, dated May 9,1876; application filed February 29, 1876.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, CLARENCE N. KNAPP, of the town of Ouyler, Cortlandcounty, and State of New York, have invented a new-and usefulImprovement in Meat-Broilers, called I size to lit the griddleopeningsof any stove,

with narrow bars b 1) running parallel with each other when the broileris closed, the bars b I) being beveled to a sharp edge, so asto ex poseto best advantage the surface of the meat to the fire. The rims c cofeach section are beveled down, so as to fit in the grooves of thestove, and thus steadily support the broiler when being used, andprevent the juices of the meat from escaping and burning upon the top ofthe stove. The bars I) b are placed in about the center of the rims c 0,thus leaving ample room for the meat between the two sections A A, andleaving the outer edges of the rims raised a little above the bars, soas to secure ly hold any cover to the broiler made to set down inside ofthe rims. The two sections A A are fastened together at the back side bya double hinge, d d, each hinge consisting of two projections,inseparable from the respective rims of the sections, and so attached tothe rims and to each other that the upper section of the broiler willopen back to anupright position and there remain, and not fall back uponthe stove. The handle consists of two sections, 0 e, inseparable fromthe respective sections A A, and so attached to the contiguous edges ofthe rims that they join evenly together when the boiler is closed, thusconstituting a single symmetrically-shaped handle, the outer ends ofeach section of the handle being turned from each other, thus making thebroiler easily opened. The whole broiler, excepting the wire or rivetsin the hinges, is composed of only two main pieces, A A, each sectionbeing entire. The bars I) b are either cast-iron-the same as the entirebroiler-or'wrought-iron bars or Wires cast into the sections A A.

What I claim as my inivention-is- The beveled rims c c, handles 0 c,stop-hinges d d, and bars I), all combined and arranged substantially asand for the purpose set forth.

CLARENCE N. KNAPP.

Witnesses:

JAS. A. NIXON,

FRED. E. KNIGHT.

